Legal Opinion
Couch v. Jabe
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2012No. 11-6560PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Justice O’CONNOR and Judge SHEDD joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Chief Judge:
William R. Couch, a Sunni Muslim currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility, brought this action alleging that prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”) by refusing to permit him to grow a one-eighth-inch beard in compliance with the requirements of his faith. The district court granted summary judgment to the prison officials, and Couch appeals. Because the prison…
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